The ADAP Watch

ADAPs With Waiting Lists
(4,329 Individuals in 12 States*, as of February 16, 2012)

State

Number of Individuals on ADAP Waiting List

Percent of the Total ADAP Waiting List

Increase/Decrease From Previous Reporting Period

Date Waiting List Began

Alabama

39

1%

-80

October 2011

Florida

949

22%

99

June 2010

Georgia

1,011

23%

105

July 2010

Idaho

3

0.1%

1

February 2011

Louisiana**

692

16%

20

June 2010

Montana

9

0.2%

-3

January 2008

Nebraska

143

3%

57

October 2011

North Carolina

141

3%

5

January 2010

Ohio

0

0%

0

July 2010

South Carolina

276

6%

21

March 2010

Utah

0

0%

0

May 2011

Virginia

1,066

25%

-14

November 2010

* As a result of FY2011 ADAP emergency funding, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia were able to reduce the overall number of individuals on their waiting lists.

** Louisiana has a capped enrollment on their program. This number represents their current unmet need.

ADAPs With Other Cost-Containment Strategies: Financial Eligibility
(445 Individuals in 6 States, as of February 1, 2012)

State

Lowered Financial Eligibility

Disenrolled Clients

Arkansas

500% to 200% FPL

99 clients (September 2009)

Illinois

500% to 300% FPL

Grandfathered in current clients from 301-500% FPL

North Dakota

400% to 300% FPL

Grandfathered in current clients from 301-400% FPL

Ohio

500% to 300% FPL

257 clients (July 2010)

South Carolina

550% to 300% FPL

Grandfathered in current clients from 301-550% FPL

Utah

400% to 250% FPL

89 clients (September 2009)

ADAPs With Other Cost-Containment Strategies (Instituted Since April 1, 2009, as of February 1, 2012)

For clients on ADAP waiting lists who are currently on or in need of medications, 11 ADAP waiting list states can confirm that ADAP waiting list clients are receiving medications through either pharmaceutical company patient assistance programs (PAPs), Welvista, or other mechanisms available within the state.

* March 31, 2012 is the end of ADAP FY2011. ADAP fiscal years begin April 1 and ends March 31.

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